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First post, by bobistheweatherman

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Oh btw I LOVE DOSBOX!!! I almost cried when I bet Space Quest 1 VGA without any slowdown bs. Anywho will space quest 4 talkie be ever supported? Is there anyway to get speech? Was so close, yet so far away. 😜

Reply 1 of 13, by Nicht Sehr Gut

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Originally posted by bobistheweatherman Anywho will space quest 4 talkie be ever supported? Is there anyway to get speech?

You're saying it doesn't work? If you set it to use no sound or PC-Speaker, does it work?

Reply 2 of 13, by Harekiet

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nah the sq4 sound blaster driver does something weird that screws up sound. Same thing happening in some other sierra games, if you space quest 5 then copy the audblast.drv from there, that helped with larry 6 here.

Reply 3 of 13, by bobistheweatherman

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Harekiet wrote:

nah the sq4 sound blaster driver does something weird that screws up sound. Same thing happening in some other sierra games, if you space quest 5 then copy the audblast.drv from there, that helped with larry 6 here.

Nope that didn't work either. Oddly when I try running space quest 4 from sq4.bat DOSbox locks up, but sierra.exe loads up fine. Even stranger Sq4.bat works in normal windows xp. Argh, this game is getting more troublesom than it's worth.

Reply 4 of 13, by bobistheweatherman

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Reply 5 of 13, by Qbix

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which version did you use when the sq4.bat file locked up ?

Water flows down the stream
How to ask questions the smart way!

Reply 6 of 13, by bobistheweatherman

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It was version .58. Also I tried the CVS too.

Reply 7 of 13, by Abysmal

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Reply 8 of 13, by bobistheweatherman

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Thank you, but I can already run the DOS version. The big problem is timer issues, so that's why I used DOSBox. The timer issues are completely gone, so that's a plus. Hmm I wonder if Sq4's floppy version has AUDBLAST drivers? Cause that could work maybe.

Reply 9 of 13, by Abysmal

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Reply 10 of 13, by bobistheweatherman

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ick...I never understood speedset, I need like a play by play book to get that thing working. 😕 😠

Reply 11 of 13, by Snover

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Abysmal, you haven't heard the music in SQ4Win, apparently 😜 (Timing issues make the tempo screwed up.)

Yes, it’s my fault.

Reply 12 of 13, by Abysmal

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Reply 13 of 13, by bobistheweatherman

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Yeah, but did you try walking off the first screen? BOOM! Your dead. 😉

Already bet the game by the way, just wanted to play the cd-rom version in all it's misglory.